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adversaries from foreign governments to terror government, says the former head of the cia, are almost certainly looking to take advantage. >> i would have been anticipating this and saying, what do we want to do against this adversary, what will be helped? what gives us a higher probability of success? >> many cyber teams are relying on skeleton crews, and a successful attack now could do damage even after full staffs return to work. tip early, who advises agencies across the government explained how. >> what may happen as a result of the shutdown, the first incident, which may have been deat the timed by a full staff, might be missed, allowing the compromise to go deeper to get more critical data. >> reporter: another risk. while staffs that monitory, many staff who maintain them are not, meaning they're not updated to resist new kinds of cyberattacks, which can change by the second. the shutdown comes as cyberattacks are transforming from spying to destroying them. it's a serious concern across the intelligence community. >> it's very concerning to me we would allow any part of our
adversaries from foreign governments to terror government, says the former head of the cia, are almost certainly looking to take advantage. >> i would have been anticipating this and saying, what do we want to do against this adversary, what will be helped? what gives us a higher probability of success? >> many cyber teams are relying on skeleton crews, and a successful attack now could do damage even after full staffs return to work. tip early, who advises agencies across the...
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the question is to what extent is the cia culpable. certainly the cia station chief was working under orders. he certainly felt the italians kind of knew what he was doing. on the other hand the italian magistrate in the case, who i also interviewed, feels very differently and feels the rule of law is the rule of law and you can't just kidnap somebody on the street and take them to where they're tortured. >> now a retired cia station chief thinking he's having a trip for whatever reason to panama but obviously in deep trouble right now. we'll stay on top of this story, peter. thanks very much, peter bergen reporting for us. just ahead, the hacker group anonymous suggests it has compromised a lot of people who work on capitol hill. we'll take a closer look into what happened. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobi
the question is to what extent is the cia culpable. certainly the cia station chief was working under orders. he certainly felt the italians kind of knew what he was doing. on the other hand the italian magistrate in the case, who i also interviewed, feels very differently and feels the rule of law is the rule of law and you can't just kidnap somebody on the street and take them to where they're tortured. >> now a retired cia station chief thinking he's having a trip for whatever reason...
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that's john brennan, the cia nominee. his hearing began with more than show than tell when a series of protesters interrupted the democratic chair and then targeted lethal force and the drone's program. listen to this. >> john brennan, you're endangering my generation. people my age -- >> if i might ask -- all right. i am going to ask that this room be cleared right now. would the capitol police please come in and clear the room. >> reporter: there were five disruptions in all, wolf, and in the end they did clear the room of the code pink protesters. senator dianne feinstein then let the hearing resume after about a ten-minute break with a lot of empty chairs in there. she is allowed to ask them to leave when there are disruptions that sort of determined at the discretion of the chair, wolf. >> there's been a bunch of questions on what's called enhanced interrogation. some call it torcher on very, very sensitive issues. what did he have to say? >> reporter: the nominee in the past has said that he opposed enhanced interro
that's john brennan, the cia nominee. his hearing began with more than show than tell when a series of protesters interrupted the democratic chair and then targeted lethal force and the drone's program. listen to this. >> john brennan, you're endangering my generation. people my age -- >> if i might ask -- all right. i am going to ask that this room be cleared right now. would the capitol police please come in and clear the room. >> reporter: there were five disruptions in...
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as for the russians, that information they provided to the cia late in 2011 we're told was no different than what had already been investigated by the fbi earlier in the year. wolf? >> more investigation on this part of the story is going on right now. joe, thanks very much. >>> just over a week ago it was the scene of a bloody carnage in the chaos of the deadly bombings. today boyleston street is open once again. take a look at a live picture. there it is. you see a lot of activity there. it is truly an amazing sight. i had the chance to see it all first hand. a street that's been eerily quiet since the awful day bursts back to life today. thousands of people crowded boyleston street, the scene of both bombings. this is where the damage was done. people have now gathered to just reflect and think about how this city has changed. >> a lot of my friends and family were affected by it and it is still really hard to wrap my head around the fact that this happened here especially. but i just thought it would be necessary to, you know -- >> why did you decide to come here today? >> oh, we ha
as for the russians, that information they provided to the cia late in 2011 we're told was no different than what had already been investigated by the fbi earlier in the year. wolf? >> more investigation on this part of the story is going on right now. joe, thanks very much. >>> just over a week ago it was the scene of a bloody carnage in the chaos of the deadly bombings. today boyleston street is open once again. take a look at a live picture. there it is. you see a lot of...
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the cia had always said so as well. so who came up with this idea of the protest? was it a loose piece of intelligence thread that they just went with? nobody really knows the answer to that question, jake. >> thanks, elise. let's talk about the political repercussions for president obama and hillary clinton. gloria, walk us through this. what's the context for this controversy? >> well rlgs it's political. let's go back to last fall. you're in the heat of a political campaign in september. the attack on benghazi occurs. and mitt romney has made some mistakes in how he talks about benghazi. and i think if you're in the administration, you'd rather let romney's mistakes get played out rather than details about whether this was or was not a terror attack. you have these talking points that are being edited, jake, to go to members of congress who want to go on television, and talk about this. members of congress from the intelligence committee. that is before they were even used by ambassador rice. so today, jay carney says, you know what, republicans have chosen to p
the cia had always said so as well. so who came up with this idea of the protest? was it a loose piece of intelligence thread that they just went with? nobody really knows the answer to that question, jake. >> thanks, elise. let's talk about the political repercussions for president obama and hillary clinton. gloria, walk us through this. what's the context for this controversy? >> well rlgs it's political. let's go back to last fall. you're in the heat of a political campaign in...
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to take over the responsibility, move it out of the cia? >> he's hinted he wants to move some of the paramilitary functions out of the cia to the pentagon. there are reports there are proposals floated to do that. i personally believe the cia will not give it up entirely, that they will take key aspects of the drone war, this is something that probably takes months or even years as opposed to a short period of time. >> the book entitled "the way of the knife." the subtitle, the cia, a secret army and a war at the ends of the earth. mark, thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >>> stay here, meet the newest member of the cnn family, the world renowned chef, anthony bourdain is here in "the situation room." he will preview his brand new show which debuts sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern. lost a few months back. hi. i got a call today that you guys found my suitcase. we don't have it. you don't even know my name. [ sniffs ] are you wearing my sweater? [ male announcer ] good thing she hasn't noticed his pants. ♪ gain fireworks boos
to take over the responsibility, move it out of the cia? >> he's hinted he wants to move some of the paramilitary functions out of the cia to the pentagon. there are reports there are proposals floated to do that. i personally believe the cia will not give it up entirely, that they will take key aspects of the drone war, this is something that probably takes months or even years as opposed to a short period of time. >> the book entitled "the way of the knife." the...
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amazon and obviously the cia are not saying anything but the deal is said to be worth $600 million over ten years. a tough break for the animal rights activists of people for the ethical treatment of animals, potential confusion about whom to throw paint on. it turns out some of the fake fur on the market is not fake at all. neiman marcus and two other retailers settled a federal case by admitting they sold real fur to customers who thought it was fake. why? the "new york times" says the demand is actually much higher for the fake stuff these days. now it's time for the results of hash tag you're it. earlier we asked you to send us some nfl pro bowl team names. your best efforts. one tweet, the nfc helmet knockers versus the afc head cases. or the nfl pro bowl team should be team irrelevant versus team it really doesn't matter. that's it for me. on to wolf blitzer. >>> jake, thanks very much. happening now, president obama in the middle east waiting for proof that syria has used chemical weapons. if he gets it, will he use military force? >>> the beast breaks down. president obama's arm
amazon and obviously the cia are not saying anything but the deal is said to be worth $600 million over ten years. a tough break for the animal rights activists of people for the ethical treatment of animals, potential confusion about whom to throw paint on. it turns out some of the fake fur on the market is not fake at all. neiman marcus and two other retailers settled a federal case by admitting they sold real fur to customers who thought it was fake. why? the "new york times" says...
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senate has confirmed john brennan to be the next cia director. the final vote is 63 in favor, opposed, 34. brennan is a former cia deputy director, certainly a top architect of obama's drone program as well. he will replace the retired u.s. general david petraeus who resigned in november amid allegations of an extramarital affair. this follows by a 13-hour filibuster by rand paul. he demanded an answer about those potential drone strikes on american citizens on u.s. soil. that answer came in a letter from the attorney general a little while ago. eric holder writing to senator paul and while senator paul was talking to our own chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, he got to read the letter. >> reporter: it's literally three sentences long and he says that the answer to your question about can americans be killed on u.s. soil, the answer is no. are you satisfied? >> i'm quite happy with the answer and i'm disappointed it took a month and a half and root canal to get it and that's what i've been asking all along and it really is what the sen
senate has confirmed john brennan to be the next cia director. the final vote is 63 in favor, opposed, 34. brennan is a former cia deputy director, certainly a top architect of obama's drone program as well. he will replace the retired u.s. general david petraeus who resigned in november amid allegations of an extramarital affair. this follows by a 13-hour filibuster by rand paul. he demanded an answer about those potential drone strikes on american citizens on u.s. soil. that answer came in a...
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somebody who runs a trade association for contractors who says that doesn't always occur, for example, the cia always does its background checks. its own background checks. and the forms are identical but the question is would somebody in the government do a different kind of check than a contractor would do. you know, this is a large, large problem. 14% of the federal budget is now spent on these private contractors so it's not a small issue here. you can be sure that they are going to be looking at this. >> any prospects this will do anything to move further gun control legislation through the senate and the house? >> in a word right now, no. the senate majority leader harry reid said today he will do it once he has the votes. they're still five votes short of extending background checks. the question also is whether or not they would just do something very limited on helping the mentally ill and so that was also no, why, because they concluded from newtown that strategically they thought that would give leverage for getting more gun control so they want to marry the two, they don't want to
somebody who runs a trade association for contractors who says that doesn't always occur, for example, the cia always does its background checks. its own background checks. and the forms are identical but the question is would somebody in the government do a different kind of check than a contractor would do. you know, this is a large, large problem. 14% of the federal budget is now spent on these private contractors so it's not a small issue here. you can be sure that they are going to be...
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he spent 25 years at the cia. he's been a station chief. he understands how intelligence is gathered, how it's analyzed, and how it's best utilized by policy makers and now he's been at the other end of that spectrum, if you will. he's been a user of intelligence, a consumer. he's set the requirements at the white house. and so he understands all aspects of the system and i think, you know, the cia has been through a very difficult time. remember, you had the cia officers killed in the coast bombing in pakistan and now you've got him coming back home, if you will. mike morell stood there and very graciously said to brennan, welcome home. i think that's how it will be viewed after a very tumultuous time, especially the circumstances under which general petraeus left. >> that's what i wanted to ask you about. general petraeus left under such a cloud of controversy. how does that work with the way that john brennan moves? does he have to smooth the edges? >> it does that without him really having to try very hard. it's not like he has to learn
he spent 25 years at the cia. he's been a station chief. he understands how intelligence is gathered, how it's analyzed, and how it's best utilized by policy makers and now he's been at the other end of that spectrum, if you will. he's been a user of intelligence, a consumer. he's set the requirements at the white house. and so he understands all aspects of the system and i think, you know, the cia has been through a very difficult time. remember, you had the cia officers killed in the coast...
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the drones had already been given to the cia under covert activity. if you're talking yemen and somalia this was discussed at the white house brought to the president by john brennan who was the counterterrorism adviser for president obama and now is the cia director. >> he wants the pentagon to take over this responsibility and move it out of the cia? >> he has hinted he wants to move some of the paramilitary functions out of the cia to the pentagon. there's been reports that there's proposals being floated to do that. i personally believe that the cia will not give it up entirely, that they will take key aspects of the drone war and this is something that probably takes months, even years as opposed to a short period of time. >>> the book is entitled "the way of the knife." the author mark mazzetti the sub tooilt the cia, a secret army and a war at the ends of the earth. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >>> could a hacker on the ground with a smart phone manage to gain control of a manned aircraft? what about an airliner? there is now
the drones had already been given to the cia under covert activity. if you're talking yemen and somalia this was discussed at the white house brought to the president by john brennan who was the counterterrorism adviser for president obama and now is the cia director. >> he wants the pentagon to take over this responsibility and move it out of the cia? >> he has hinted he wants to move some of the paramilitary functions out of the cia to the pentagon. there's been reports that...
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now, compounding this is the fact that the cia director sent this letter to all the cia employees ask this movie started to come out saying, look, that's not completely accurate. we know this one person did not lead to osama bin laden. but they did get some information from enhanced interrogation that did help find bin laden. and that's what these senators are really pointing to. what is this "some information." because the senators are saying, look, our committees pored through millions of documents, went through all of this testimony, lacking into this hunt for bin laden, and we were never told that. they say that the one person who actually gave the most accurate information about this courier, he did so before he went through this enhanced interrogation. and no prisoners who were interrogated in this way gave up the name of the courier or the fact that bin laden was at this compound. so they've got a lot of questions for the cia, and they want to see the documents and the information, because the film does say that it was based on firsthand, real, factual accounts, wolf. >> chris,
now, compounding this is the fact that the cia director sent this letter to all the cia employees ask this movie started to come out saying, look, that's not completely accurate. we know this one person did not lead to osama bin laden. but they did get some information from enhanced interrogation that did help find bin laden. and that's what these senators are really pointing to. what is this "some information." because the senators are saying, look, our committees pored through...
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cia spies have their secrets. so do the men in special ops. but they can't compare to the national security agency. >> the nsa is the most secretive agency in the country. it's far more secret than the cia. >> reporter: they are head quartered in a highly secured section of ft. meade army base and building a new surveillance center in the middle of a utah desert. there, spread out over a million square feet of cables and computers, the nsa will capture everything from e-mails to internet searches, phone calls and personal data. >> it's designed to hold an enormous amount of communications. >> reporter: author james banford estimates the center will be able to store enough data to equal 500 quintillion pages. that's a 5 with 20 zeros behind it. and if you printed those pages, stacked them one on top of the other, it would be long enough to stretch all the way to the moon and back 66 million times. a former official who spoke on background to cnn described the nsa has incredibly aggressive, but he says i can't emphasize how fanatical they are ab
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you can say, well, that is, to the extent that you exchange information between cia, fbi, nsa and the like, you could characterize that as somehow giving up liberties, but the fact of the matter is, it's understandable and absolutely necessary if you want to protect the security of the united states. >> reporter: edward snowden, sensitive topic, i would take it. >> yes. >> reporter: one question about him is whether the government botched the situation with him, at least getting him back. do you think the government botched the -- >> i'm not certain what you would be alluding to. i don't think in any way -- >> well, he slipped out of the country. >> no. i don't think there is any opportunity that you would look back and say, look, we botched something like that, no. i don't think that's accurate at all. >> reporter: what about just detecting what he was doing? >> well, i think you will see, without getting into details, ourselves, nsa and others are putting into place measures that would perhaps stop an individual such as this in the future undertaking the same activity. >> reporter:
you can say, well, that is, to the extent that you exchange information between cia, fbi, nsa and the like, you could characterize that as somehow giving up liberties, but the fact of the matter is, it's understandable and absolutely necessary if you want to protect the security of the united states. >> reporter: edward snowden, sensitive topic, i would take it. >> yes. >> reporter: one question about him is whether the government botched the situation with him, at least...
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what do you do for the cia? where are you going? who's authorized it? at some point the managers at the epa should have been asking for some kind of proof. >> reporter: no one checked beale's story even after $57,000, claiming the flights were for, quote, personal reasons. well, now beale is going to serve nearly three years in prison. he'sle agreed to pay about $900,000 in restitution and forfeit half the million in salary. meanwhile. the epa says it's upgraded its safeguards to do more thorough checks on the employees' travel and attendancy. certainly hope so. >> chris lawrence, thanks for that amazing report. >>> other news, a change in the works would affect millions of sports fans who want to watch their home team on television. the fcr is moving to get rid of the long-standing rule that prevents many nfl games and other sporting events for being broadcast in the home markets. rachel nick coles is joining us, host of quinn unguarded with rachel nichols" that airs on friday nights. explain what's going on? >> well, right now if the nfl says isn't so
what do you do for the cia? where are you going? who's authorized it? at some point the managers at the epa should have been asking for some kind of proof. >> reporter: no one checked beale's story even after $57,000, claiming the flights were for, quote, personal reasons. well, now beale is going to serve nearly three years in prison. he'sle agreed to pay about $900,000 in restitution and forfeit half the million in salary. meanwhile. the epa says it's upgraded its safeguards to do more...
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criticism over this because his recent picks, which really are top cabinet posts, treasury, state, defense, cia director, have all been white men and that has rankled a number of critics, particularly female critics. >> brianna keilar at the white house, thank you. cnn chief political analyst gloria borger is with me here in "the situation room" right now. and, you know, of course we've got some quick reaction from house speaker boehner -- >> yeah, boom. >> absolutely, let's put it up. i'll read it. the american people do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending at the same time. the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling are real, but so too are the consequences of allowing our spending problem to go unresolved. so it certainly appears we're set up for another major showdown already. >> we are. i thirn it's going to be a bigger showdown in fact than the fiscal cliff. you know, the president today said, quote, we have to stop lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis. then he went and set the stage for yet another crisis, right. this time of course
criticism over this because his recent picks, which really are top cabinet posts, treasury, state, defense, cia director, have all been white men and that has rankled a number of critics, particularly female critics. >> brianna keilar at the white house, thank you. cnn chief political analyst gloria borger is with me here in "the situation room" right now. and, you know, of course we've got some quick reaction from house speaker boehner -- >> yeah, boom. >>...
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that was full credit to the cia. with that exception, it's good. the character in the film was only in tehran a day and a half. the main hero in my opinion was ken taylor, an ambassador. >> i'm sure you appreciate the words. he was laying out really what happened to you. what did happen. what did the movie get right and wrong? >> it takes place as i think hollywood is prone to do. >> the essential escape a cooperative effort and we were on the ground for the three months. tony mendez game was deeply involve and essentially a canadian effort with them assisting. >> the story was classified for a long time now and we all know what happened. here's the question, how has it changed if it has, your life and the life of the other diplomats who save these americans? >> i think that the canadian role was personified very well in the book. that's the source of the color. i hope that americans and canadians not only see the movie to capture the attention and the risk and what have you of iran, but really capture the essence by reading the book. not quite as
that was full credit to the cia. with that exception, it's good. the character in the film was only in tehran a day and a half. the main hero in my opinion was ken taylor, an ambassador. >> i'm sure you appreciate the words. he was laying out really what happened to you. what did happen. what did the movie get right and wrong? >> it takes place as i think hollywood is prone to do. >> the essential escape a cooperative effort and we were on the ground for the three months. tony...
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the cia and the rest of the u.s. intelligence community is looking at a number of things we now know looking for clues. let me tick through some of them for you. of course, they are increasing surveillance by drones and satellites overhead. looking for any possible unusual activity, any targets. if they find them we are told they will go after them. they are also scouring the intercepts we have heard about. communication intercepts by the national security agency looking for any unusual communications patterns. and they're even looking at websites and chart rooms used by jihad groups to see if there are any known members of al qaeda in yemen that may be posting messages about all of this. even it's got ton the point that we're told they're looking at financial transactions, family members of known jihad members. looking at any pattern of activity they can find. >> what do we know about the american evacuees taken out of yemen today? >> reporter: well, these were members of the u.s. embassy that were brought out by a
the cia and the rest of the u.s. intelligence community is looking at a number of things we now know looking for clues. let me tick through some of them for you. of course, they are increasing surveillance by drones and satellites overhead. looking for any possible unusual activity, any targets. if they find them we are told they will go after them. they are also scouring the intercepts we have heard about. communication intercepts by the national security agency looking for any unusual...
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as director of the cia. i'm also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. this has obviously been a very difficult episode for us. but, perhaps, my experience can be instructive to others who stumble or indeed fall as far as i did. one learns after all that life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> let's discuss what is going on in our strategy session. once again joining us our cnn contributor, the democratic strategist hillary rosen and also gary marks the executive director of the faith and freedom coalition joining us from atlanta. can he regroup? what does he need if you were giving him damage control advice? >> i think general petraeus has already apologized. i feel if he felt the need to apologize to his family again and wanted to do
as director of the cia. i'm also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. this has obviously been a very difficult episode for us. but, perhaps, my experience can be instructive to others who stumble or indeed fall as far as i did. one learns after...
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chuck hagel at defense, john brennan at the cia, and now senator mccain saying he is not ready to call it a day on all of this. a congress hearing -- >> then you ought to have your facts straight. >> reporter: after congressional hearing. >> who responsible then? >> reporter: republican senator john mccain challenge, the white house on its response to benghazi. now he is going further on nbc's "meet the press." >> so there are many, many questions and we have had a massive cover-up. >> a cover-up of what? i'm just saying you, a cover-up of what? >> i'll be glad to send you a list of questions that have not been answered. >> reporter: the white house says it's given answers. conducted 20 briefings for congress. officials have testified at ten hearings, answered how queries. it all adds up to 10,000 pages of documents. just last week, mccain himself told cnn recent responses on benghazi were, quote, adequate. so, is this just politics? when we asked mccain's office what other questions the senator still had, we were referred to this january press release, listing 14 questions. like this
chuck hagel at defense, john brennan at the cia, and now senator mccain saying he is not ready to call it a day on all of this. a congress hearing -- >> then you ought to have your facts straight. >> reporter: after congressional hearing. >> who responsible then? >> reporter: republican senator john mccain challenge, the white house on its response to benghazi. now he is going further on nbc's "meet the press." >> so there are many, many questions and we...
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. >>> let's dig deeper with our cnn contributor, former cia director, tom fuentes. i'm going to play some clips from the police scanner. listen to this. >> 61 lincoln. guys be ready on the number four side. he might come out the back. >> ready. >> sounds like one shot fired from inside the residence. we have ammo exploding inside the house. >> is there any propane cylinders or anything that we need to worry about? >> not that i can see from my position. >> do you want to have the fire put out once the roof starts to collapse? >> affirm. give me some time here. we're not quite there. i still have the two-three corner that is vulnerable. >> and we still have ammo going off in the fire. >> tom, can you make some sense out of what we just heard? >> wolf, it's actually very difficult to make sense of it. you have -- you know, we don't know the exact time line of the beginning of the operation to the end and i'm not certain how this fits into the whole picture. we'll probably know more from the sheriffs later but i don't know if they will want to talk about it so soon aft
. >>> let's dig deeper with our cnn contributor, former cia director, tom fuentes. i'm going to play some clips from the police scanner. listen to this. >> 61 lincoln. guys be ready on the number four side. he might come out the back. >> ready. >> sounds like one shot fired from inside the residence. we have ammo exploding inside the house. >> is there any propane cylinders or anything that we need to worry about? >> not that i can see from my position....
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when i was in government, in cabinet positions, what the in the meantime sa and cia gave, when i was negotiating was very valuable. but you know, we're focusing on on the phone calls and buys stuff. they do good raw intelligence. i don't know who that official was that said we give out phone number to the nso, it was unidentified so -- >>> how to sweet talk a shark" strategy and stories from a master negotiator. we'll continue this conversation as we always do. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. >>> let's get a progress report on how the sign-up here in "the situation room", as you know we've had these three young people trying to enroll for almost an hour and a half. what's the latest? >> we've had a breakdown for hazama. >> i went to check my e-mail, and it had sent me a link to sign up. i started the process, and it was a very easy process. >> so you got a please wait sign. >> it's processing now. >> but the middle seems to be working better for you? >> yeah. >> i've had some troubles from the beginning throughout, yet you've been crawling forward over the last hour and a h
when i was in government, in cabinet positions, what the in the meantime sa and cia gave, when i was negotiating was very valuable. but you know, we're focusing on on the phone calls and buys stuff. they do good raw intelligence. i don't know who that official was that said we give out phone number to the nso, it was unidentified so -- >>> how to sweet talk a shark" strategy and stories from a master negotiator. we'll continue this conversation as we always do. thanks for coming...
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. >>> carla broadwell is breaking her silence about her affair with former cia director david patraeus. >> if i have remorse for the harm that this has caused, the sadness it's caused, in my family and other families. and for causes that we belong to. >> broadwell says she's blessed to have the support of her family, husband, and community, which she says have allowed her to pick up, dust off, and move on. >>> if hillary clinton decides to run for president in 2016, she has the early edge in a key state. iowa voters so far favor clinton above top potential republican contendors, including senators marco rubio and rand paul. the quinnipiac university poll shows she would defeat rubio by 11 percentage points today and would beat paul by four points. clinton was helped by strong support from women. >>> and first lady michelle obama and some d.c. school children had a good time and it was for a good reason. they danced to james brown's "going to have a funky good time" until they had to freeze in positions shown on flash cards when the music stopped. this school that you see here is part o
. >>> carla broadwell is breaking her silence about her affair with former cia director david patraeus. >> if i have remorse for the harm that this has caused, the sadness it's caused, in my family and other families. and for causes that we belong to. >> broadwell says she's blessed to have the support of her family, husband, and community, which she says have allowed her to pick up, dust off, and move on. >>> if hillary clinton decides to run for president in...
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john brennan goes before the senate for confirmation as cia director on thursday, where he's expected to face tough questions about the targeted killings. as one of the chief architects of the controversial obama program, he's defended the program in the past. >> we conduct targeted strikes, because they are necessary to mitigate an actual ongoing threat, to stop plots, prevent future attacks, and to save american lives. >> now, a bipartisan group of senators led by democrats wants to see a classified version of this document. there is a classified legal opinion, they believe there's more information in there they want to review. they say if they do not get it, some of the nominations for national security officials, perhaps even brennan's, maybe held up in the senate. wolf? >> all right, barbara, thank you. later this hour, we'll have a major debate on the president's policies on these drones' so-called kill list, including the killing of americans. that's coming up later this hour. kate balduan is here. you've got some new details on what happened 24 hours ago, almost exactly. >> on
john brennan goes before the senate for confirmation as cia director on thursday, where he's expected to face tough questions about the targeted killings. as one of the chief architects of the controversial obama program, he's defended the program in the past. >> we conduct targeted strikes, because they are necessary to mitigate an actual ongoing threat, to stop plots, prevent future attacks, and to save american lives. >> now, a bipartisan group of senators led by democrats wants...
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iranian efforts to stop pentagon and cia spying. in december 2011, iran displayed to the world a cia drone captured after crashing inside iran. president obama, due to visit israel, said all options are on the table if iran decides to proceed with a decision to build a nuclear bomb. >> we think that it would take over a year or so for iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon. but obviously we don't want to cut it too close. >> now, regarding the spy missions, these drone spy missions over the persian gulf, you remember a couple of months ago, the iranians actually fired on a u.s. drone, on one of these patrols over the persian gulf. that's when the u.s. started escorting them with fighter jets. so it's ratcheting up the tensions in the region, wolf. the u.s. wants to make sure this does not get out of hand with iran. wolf? >> the president heading to israel next week for talks with the israeli government on iran, among other subjects. barbara, thanks very much. >>> the controversy over knives on planes playing out today in congress
iranian efforts to stop pentagon and cia spying. in december 2011, iran displayed to the world a cia drone captured after crashing inside iran. president obama, due to visit israel, said all options are on the table if iran decides to proceed with a decision to build a nuclear bomb. >> we think that it would take over a year or so for iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon. but obviously we don't want to cut it too close. >> now, regarding the spy missions, these drone spy...
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can you take the drones out of the hands of the cia? can you -- >> we're addressing that, ma'am. >> apologize to the thousands of muslims that you have killed. will you compensate the innocent family victims? that will make us safer here at home. i love my country. i love the rule of law. >> you've reported extensively on this. what was your take on this exchange? >> well, you know, the president did a pretty remarkable job i thought turning some of that criticism aside and using that to his advantage. nobody has ever accused the president of being a poor public speaker, not able to handle himself in front of a microphone. the thing that struck me about the speech is that the defenses of the drone programs are also announcements of the limitations on the drone program. the president will always say that this is a very limited program. he will always say we're trying to cut down the amount of civilian deaths. he will always say that really there has to be an imminent threat involved. the administration has been saying this for the last y
can you take the drones out of the hands of the cia? can you -- >> we're addressing that, ma'am. >> apologize to the thousands of muslims that you have killed. will you compensate the innocent family victims? that will make us safer here at home. i love my country. i love the rule of law. >> you've reported extensively on this. what was your take on this exchange? >> well, you know, the president did a pretty remarkable job i thought turning some of that criticism aside...
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. >> as mike morel, the outgoing number two on the cia, if those groups get their hands on some of al qaeda's chemical weapons, who know what is they would do with that. that's a serious threat. >> coming up, an amber alert suspect and very disturbing questions. >> and president obama speaks out on anti-gay laws. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this&is gonna be big. hp moonshot. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec® love the air. >>> there are important developments in the manhunt for a murder and kidnapping suspect. mary snow is monitoring that for us. what do you have? >> authorities have recovered james dimaggio's car in ohio. they found it after reports from people riding on hor
. >> as mike morel, the outgoing number two on the cia, if those groups get their hands on some of al qaeda's chemical weapons, who know what is they would do with that. that's a serious threat. >> coming up, an amber alert suspect and very disturbing questions. >> and president obama speaks out on anti-gay laws. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less....
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she's a member of the cia's external advisory committee, also joining us our law enforcement analyst tom, a former assistant director of the fbi. peter king, fran, told me in the last hour, he's the chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence of the house homeland security committee, that this was the worst kind of chatter or so, worst kind of information he's seen in some ten years leading up to a potential plot. what do you make of this? >> wolf, typically, you know, you don't see this sort of reaction if it's just an increase in the volume of chatter. what we're hearing again and again and congressman king's remarks to you suggest is that they hear information, they hear talk that relates to a plot. they just don't know where it is, right? so you may hear about an explosive or an attack getting ready to be launched and not understand where it is. and i suspect that's why you're seeing the broad reaction of the closure of embassies. they have real credibility in the course they've gotten this information from, we don't know what that is, but they believe it is
she's a member of the cia's external advisory committee, also joining us our law enforcement analyst tom, a former assistant director of the fbi. peter king, fran, told me in the last hour, he's the chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence of the house homeland security committee, that this was the worst kind of chatter or so, worst kind of information he's seen in some ten years leading up to a potential plot. what do you make of this? >> wolf, typically, you...
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she is a member of the cia's external advisory board. fran, you look at what's going on in iraq right now. you look at the sacrifice the u.s. made in blood and treasure over a decade. but iraq right now see to be unraveling. what's your assessment? >> well, wolf, as you rightly mention, this has been going on over several weeks. today is only the most tragic and largest example. look, i think what you're seeing is a very aggressive iran. we know iran is very active in syria. they've been known to be active in afghanistan and certainly they've been exerting their influence and their it powpowere iraq. it is as you know a shiite population and shiite government. but remember, wolf, during the bush administration we faced this same sort of unraveling of civilian strife, sunni on shia violence. what we look to are our allies in the region, the saudis, the jordanians. we looked to our sunni arab allies to try and aexert their influence on tribes there. but this is very difficult, wolf. it's made especially difficult now there's no u.s. presen
she is a member of the cia's external advisory board. fran, you look at what's going on in iraq right now. you look at the sacrifice the u.s. made in blood and treasure over a decade. but iraq right now see to be unraveling. what's your assessment? >> well, wolf, as you rightly mention, this has been going on over several weeks. today is only the most tragic and largest example. look, i think what you're seeing is a very aggressive iran. we know iran is very active in syria. they've been...
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with the lew pick, all of the president's top four cabinet posts state, defendants, cia, and treasury will be white men. at every briefing this week, reporters have pepper pressed jay carney about what some have dubbed obama's white guy problem. >> this is a couple of appointments. i think it would be useful to wait and make judgments about this issue after the president has made the totality of the appointments that he will make in transition to a second term. >> reporter: of obama's 16 cabinet positions, only two are women. kathleen sebelius and homeland security, janet napolitano. the labor and commerce are open and more will likely become so. it's an usual that can catch fire as we saw during the presidential campaign. >> i went to a number of women's groups and said can can you help us find folks and they brought us binders full of women. >> reporter: the white house is sensitive to this but there are other issues with the new cabinet in the east room as the president spoke glowingly of lew, he noted one exception. lew's signature which will appear on dollar bills. >> when this w
with the lew pick, all of the president's top four cabinet posts state, defendants, cia, and treasury will be white men. at every briefing this week, reporters have pepper pressed jay carney about what some have dubbed obama's white guy problem. >> this is a couple of appointments. i think it would be useful to wait and make judgments about this issue after the president has made the totality of the appointments that he will make in transition to a second term. >> reporter: of...
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still have to do cia -- other jobs to do as well. but the president is still in hawaii right now, coming back over the weekend. >> and it's interesting when you talk about this president and talking to people who are familiar with his thought process. it's really about a comfort level for this president. he likes to nominate people he already knows, feels comfortable with in his inner circumstance. . we've seen that on the white house staff, for example. that's what i think we're seeing here in these nominations. >> obviously feels comfortable with john kerry who was nominated as secretary of state. i think he likes chuck hagel a lot. we'll see despite the confirmation process how it unfolds. >> thanks for that. >>> a brief glimmer of bipartisanship is being replaced with new battle lines up on capitol hill. kate bolduan is here with more on this part of the story. >> surprise, surprise. lawmakers are already digging in ahead of looming fights, including one over raising the debt ceiling, coming very soon, which is already prompting
still have to do cia -- other jobs to do as well. but the president is still in hawaii right now, coming back over the weekend. >> and it's interesting when you talk about this president and talking to people who are familiar with his thought process. it's really about a comfort level for this president. he likes to nominate people he already knows, feels comfortable with in his inner circumstance. . we've seen that on the white house staff, for example. that's what i think we're seeing...